Bosses Do Not Trust Their Employess, When They Are Not Working From Workplace: Report

According to a new report by Citrix, Bosses Do not trust their employees when they are not working from their assigned workplace. This report is based on a global survey of 900 business leaders and 1,800 knowledge workers. 

Half of all business leaders believe that when employees are working “out of sight,” they don’t work as hard–and 48% of the business leaders installed monitoring software on the computers of their employees to check on their work. No wonder only 49% of employees say that they trust their employer. 

Survey done by Microsoft shows that half of the bosses of knowledge workers intend to force them into the office by Spring 2023. According to a Future Forum survey, this skepticism toward work from home tends to come from older leaders in their 50s and 60s. Leaders under 50 are much more accepting of hybrid and remote work and focus on how to do it well. 

A two-year survey by Great Place to Work of more than 800,000 employees showed that the shift to working remotely during the pandemic boosted worker productivity by six percent on average. A study using employee monitoring software confirmed that the shift to remote work during COVID improved productivity by five percent. 

Another benefit stems from greater flexibility to do work tasks at times that work for us. We know from research that all of us have different levels of energy throughout the day when we are best suited for various activities that don’t necessarily match the typical rhythms of a nine-to-five schedule. By doing specific work tasks at various times, we can get more done.